I argued with someone on this a few months ago to no avail. Its amazing the amount of cluelessness that exists in our public in general, and the kind of propagana that is spread by PMLN in this regard.
Actual military budget for Pakistan has averaged at around 6-8% of the GDP for a very long time. The highest it went was 12%, and that was for just one year, in the early Musharraf days.
The number manipulation that PMLN does usually involves including civil defense funding in the mix as well. Funds directed to Rangers and FC are routinely added to the military budget, even though these 2 are civilian departments.
Additionally, all funds received from the UN or US in relation to military assistance are also lumped into the same figures, even though a large chunk of those funds goes towards administrative costs run by the govt.
Finally, all through this, noone realizes that while they are quick to criticize military budget and expenses, but they never complain when military forces are called in to perform the function of civilian departments.....like floods, fires, maritime emergencies, internal security, muharram security, ramadan security, etc....stuff where our police fails.